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Susan Shaped

@susanshaped.bsky.social

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Northern. Generalised wandering, nature, botany, birds. May also bang on about Castlefield Corridor without warning.

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 3m

Lovely! Grey here also. I'm badly missing a bit of light.

Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 5m

Good use of The Algebraist there. Iain would approve.

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 12m

Lev's autumnn forecast is a joy💙: Mushrooms and conkers, good, occasional blackberries; acorns crunching underfoot, moderate; spiders’ webs and cosy jumpers intensifying; severe crumble-making, veering west. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Country diary: Eyes to the skies for autumn’s mass migration | Lev Parikian

Hampstead, London: Spring has the dawn chorus, autumn has ‘vismig’, the changing of the guard of millions of birds – an early start for me, then, to try and glimpse this remarkable phenomenon

www.theguardian.com

Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 1d

God, this. Paused at his cottage on a walk once and remarked "bloody miserable misogynist", startling a passing tour group. Jude nearly did for me.

Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 1d

On the train, squintingly rereading The Waste Land on my phone, agreeing. There's a good start to a Tuesday morning.

Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 1d

Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 1d

Reported. 😁

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight's Monday Night Headtorch Club was sponsorsed by this fine example of a sticky, phallic shroom. #FungiFriends A joy to behold. Less of a joy to smell....

A stinkhorn mushroom, surrounded by rotting vegetation

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 1d

A good mushroom from the weekend, to brighten Monday. I think it's a fly agaric that's rebelliously vetoed spots this season. #fungifriends

Orange red funghi with a neat triangle missing from the top, nestled in some damp, fallen autumn leaves.

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 1d

😁 Excellent advice. I realised a while ago that if I just want to wear the mid rise baggy jeans I loved in the 90s I could just... wear the mid rise baggy jeans I loved in in the 90s.

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 1d

If you can get defenestration in by Wednesday you'll have win this week. 😁

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

I poked my walking pole in to see how deep and it didn't find the bottom! 😱

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

Best of luck with that...

cookie monster from sesame street with big white eyes and a smile on his face

Alt: cookie monster from sesame street with big white eyes and a smile on his face

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

😂

Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

There's probably a manual "How to deploy your cows for maximum inconvenience. " 😂

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

I can sometimes be a bit dismissive of 'helpful' signs on walks. Not this one though.

A stone path through the moor, with black, wet, peaty mud and puddles on either side. A warning sign on the side of the path says "Deep mud, keep to path""

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

Well done! Beautiful sunset to finish as well. 💙

Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

😂 Poor Mavis, with such a terrible, beach deprived life. 😁

Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

I remember my Dad sweating and swearing carving turnips in the 80s. 😂 Bless him for the effort. And then we had to have turnip soup, as mum couldn't abide waste (other veggies were included).

Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

I love Boggle Hole! We walked the coast path to there the day of the Queen's funeral and I was delighted to discover their cafe was just opening as we got there. Perfect timing, excellent cake.

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

Not a decision I would argue with! 😁

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

So sadly disappointed. 😥

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

Similarly excellent ears. 💚

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

A nice recreational gate, hanging about in the mist on the West Pennines for @lakesstiles.bsky.social

A metal kissing gate, flanked by fence posts, but with no actual fence to the left. It's on auburn moorss, with a peaty desire path running straight past it.

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Susan Shaped @susanshaped.bsky.social · 2d

Me, this morning: it's been a stressy week, I'll go up the moors, get some air, clear my head a bit.

The moors: FULL SPOOKY SEASON 😁

Trees shrouded in mist, viewed across auburn moor grasses.

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